Performance of the HEAT spectrometer for cosmic ray electrons and positrons

Dietrich Müller; S. W. Barwick; J. J. Beatty; C. R. Bower; C. Chaput; S. Coutu; G. de Nolfo; D. Ellithorpe; D. Ficenec; D. M. Lowder; S. McKee; D. Müller; J. A. Musser; S. L. Nutter; E. Schneider; S. P. Swordy; K. K. Tang; G. Tarlé; A. D. Tomasch; E. Torbet

doi:10.1016/0168-9002(95)00731-8

Performance of the HEAT spectrometer for cosmic ray electrons and positrons

Dietrich Müller
, S. W. Barwick
, J. J. Beatty
, C. R. Bower
, C. Chaput
, S. Coutu
, G. de Nolfo
, D. Ellithorpe
, D. Ficenec
, D. M. Lowder
, S. McKee
, D. Müller
, J. A. Musser
, S. L. Nutter
, E. Schneider
, S. P. Swordy
, K. K. Tang
, G. Tarlé
, A. D. Tomasch
, E. Torbet

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Abstract

A new detector system for observations of cosmic ray electrons and positrons has been flown on a high altitude balloon in May 1994. The instrumentation includes a superconducting magnet and a drift tube hodoscope for the measurement of particle rigidities, and a combination of transition radiation detectors, shower counters and a time-of-flight system for particle identification and energy measurement. We will discuss the performance of the individual components and demonstrate that a reliable identification of the rare positron component has been achieved up to 50 GeV.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	71-75
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
Volume	367
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(95)00731-8
State	Published - Dec 11 1995

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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Müller, D., Barwick, S. W., Beatty, J. J., Bower, C. R., Chaput, C., Coutu, S., de Nolfo, G., Ellithorpe, D., Ficenec, D., Lowder, D. M., McKee, S., Müller, D., Musser, J. A., Nutter, S. L., Schneider, E., Swordy, S. P., Tang, K. K., Tarlé, G., Tomasch, A. D., & Torbet, E. (1995). Performance of the HEAT spectrometer for cosmic ray electrons and positrons. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A, 367(1-3), 71-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(95)00731-8

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